'Broncho Dad' volunteer guilty of 3 counts of child molesting

10:11 AM,
Dec. 7, 2012

Written by

Sophia Voravong
svoravong@jconline.com

It came down to the word of a slight, 13-year-old girl against that of a 50-year-old Lafayette man and caregiver she's known since infancy.

Did Michael S. McShurley simply show affection toward a child he considered one of his own, or was the touching - rubbing the girl's stomach when it ached, tickling her when she wore only panties, among other instances - sexual and meant to satisfy McShurley's desires?

On Thursday night, following nearly six hours of deliberations and two days of testimony, a Tippecanoe Circuit Court jury decided that some of McShurley's actions were a crime. ...